Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service · SOC 43-2011
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service Salary in the North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service in the North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $30,360 per year ($14.60 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $27,340 at the 10th percentile to $47,310 at the 90th. BLS estimates 60 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service in the North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area earn more than $30,360 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $29,210 and $35,200.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $27,340 | $29,210 | $30,360 | $35,200 | $47,310 |
| Hourly | $13.14 | $14.05 | $14.60 | $16.92 | $22.75 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$30,360 median for North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $29,210 to $35,200
- Texasstate$33,620 median for Texas; middle half earns $29,160 to $37,010
- United Statesnational$38,630 median for United States; middle half earns $34,820 to $46,530
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −10% vs Texas overall and −21% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Texas
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for switchboard operators, including answering service, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan areathis page$30,360 median for North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $29,210 to $35,200
- $36,550 median for Austin metro area; middle half earns $31,260 to $48,840
- $35,390 median for Dallas metro area; middle half earns $30,120 to $36,700
- $34,330 median for Houston metro area; middle half earns $29,580 to $38,580
- $33,320 median for San Antonio metro area; middle half earns $28,720 to $40,190
- $32,170 median for McAllen metro area; middle half earns $24,890 to $34,770
- $29,570 median for Killeen metro area; middle half earns $26,990 to $36,180
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for switchboard operators, including answering services · Highest-paying occupations in North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.